---
title: Deploy LobeChat on Zeabur
description: >-
  Learn how to deploy LobeChat on Zeabur with ease. Follow the provided steps to
  set up your chat application seamlessly.
tags:
  - Deploy LobeChat
  - Zeabur Deployment
  - OpenAI API Key
  - Custom Domain Binding
---

# Deploy LobeChat with Zeabur

If you want to deploy LobeChat on Zeabur, you can follow the steps below:

## Zeabur Deployment Process

<Steps>
  ### Prepare your OpenAI API Key

Go to [OpenAI API Key](https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys) to get your OpenAI API Key.

### Click the button below to deploy

[![][deploy-button-image]][deploy-link]

### Once deployed, you can start using it

### Bind a custom domain (optional)

You can use the subdomain provided by Zeabur, or choose to bind a custom domain. Currently, the domains provided by Zeabur have not been contaminated, and most regions can connect directly.

</Steps>

[deploy-button-image]: https://zeabur.com/button.svg
[deploy-link]: https://zeabur.com/templates/VZGGTI

# Deploy LobeChat with Zeabur as serverless function

> Note: There are still issues with [middlewares and rewrites of next.js on Zeabur](https://github.com/lobehub/lobe-chat/pull/2775?notification_referrer_id=NT_kwDOAdi2DrQxMDkyODQ4MDc2NTozMDk3OTU5OA#issuecomment-2146713899), use at your own risk!

Since Zeabur does NOT officially support FREE users deploy containerized service, you may wish to deploy LobeChat as a serverless function service. To deploy LobeChat as a serverless function service on Zeabur, you can follow the steps below:

## Zeabur Deployment Process

<Steps>

### Fork LobeChat

### Add Zeabur pack config file

Add a `zbpack.json` configuration file with the following content to the root dir of your fork:

```json
{
  "ignore_dockerfile": true,
  "serverless": true
}
```

### Prepare your OpenAI API Key

Go to [OpenAI API Key](https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys) to get your OpenAI API Key.

### Login to your [Zeabur dashboard](https://dash.zeabur.com)

If you do not already have an account, you will need to register one.

### Create a project and service

Create a project, then create a service under this project.

### Link your fork of LobeChat to the just created Zeabur service.

When adding service, choose github. This may triger a oAuth depend on varies factors like how you login to Zeabur and if you have already authorized Zeabur to access all your repos

### Bind a custom domain (optional)

You can create a subdomain provided by Zeabur, or choose to bind a custom domain. Currently, the domains provided by Zeabur have not been contaminated, and most regions can connect directly.

### Zeabur shall start auto build and you should be able to access it by the domain of your choice after a while.

</Steps>
